Special Needs Institute holds annual prom

Music and dancing filled the Milton Church on Thursday, March 28, as the special friends in Morgan County 12 years old and up gathered for the Special Needs Institute’s eleventh annual prom. Dancing to songs such as “Macarena” and  “YMCA” these special friends and their helpers also learned to line dance from Albert and Karen Wilde doing the “Boot Scoot and Boogie” and “The Chicken Dance.” They also learned a Highland Dance as a group. 

While Special Needs Institute is sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, special friends from any religious denomination are welcome to attend any and all the activities.

Some of these activities include a Family Social, The Nativity Pageant, which is loved by young and old in the valley, a talent show where these special friends show a wide variety of talent, Liz Wiscombe’s Special Olympics Volleyball Exhibition game that is open to the public on April 24, at 7 p.m at the high school and Reed’s Rodeo that takes place during the fair.

Special Needs Institute was started by Joleen Kearsley in 2010 with the help of the Morgan North Stake when she became concerned that children with special needs, including her own daughter, were being overlooked. What started out as just a few special friends has grown to many friends inside and outside of Morgan County with many helpers volunteering their time to help put together these activities. λ